Tip

A couple we know who were at Jones Beach the afternoon of the power failure and came back by way of the Triborough Bridge started down the East River Drive at about nine. The Drive looked odd to them, because the lights were out for quite a stretch. A civic-minded pair, they informed the police of this by telephone as soon as they reached their apartment, on Washington Square, and were told to turn the radio on or go out again and buy an evening paper.